Deborah Gibson announced her bid to represent the Florida's 89th District as a Democrat. (Crowdpac)

A former Republican who spoke out against failed Senate candidate Roy Moore announced her plans to run for the Florida House as a Democrat.

Deborah Gibson announced her bid to represent the state's 89th District and said, "Too many of us, particularly women, have felt that some special mysterious qualification was needed to participate in our democratic process...."

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"The past five months have crystallized what's been coming to me for a decade...the Republican Party is no longer the right fit for me," Gibson wrote on a crowdfunding page for her campaign.

"I am proudly running as a Democrat," she added, before pledging her support for gun law reform, education, single-payer healthcare and protections for dreamers.

Gibson, who said she was 17 years old when she dated the 34-year-old Moore, went public with the relationship after several other women claimed the controversial jurist made unwanted sexual advances when they were teens.

When Moore vehemently denied the allegations and said he didn't know or date any of his accusers, Gibson told the Washington Post, "He called me a liar."

"Roy Moore made an egregious mistake to attack that one thing — my integrity," she added.